Breathe
Ooh I’m bad. I went to Craft Warehouse to buy a tool, I was at Wally World to buy poly-fil. Either place I could have bought the paint I need to finish the table– for some reason I had a little too much focus on the eyelet punch and poly-fil (usually my problem is buying [...]
Tao of spinning
I’m pretty fortunate, after all beyond my day job (being mother and housewife) I get to study the Tao Te Ching and spin yarn– it’s my *other* day job. Some people meditate with their eyes closed, I meditate with my eyes wide open and fiber in hand. Right now my favorite copy of the Tao [...]
Ch-ch-choices
Should a spinner control the gauge and style of the yarn or should the fibers dictate how the yarn turns out? (Aka: Letting the yarn decide what it wants to be.) The debate rages on. I’m all for appropiateness of purpose. I personally cringe at bulky cotton singles, but if that’s appropriate for the final [...]
Simplify
From Tao De Jing: 19 Simplify Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 Peter A. Merel If we could abolish knowledge and wisdom Then people would profit a hundredfold; If we could abolish duty and justice Then harmonious relationships would form; If we could abolish artifice and profit Then waste and theft would disappear. Yet such [...]
It’s a pickle
Tied into things that I quantify there is worth, price, cost, usefulness. Pretty much in that order as it relates to handcrafts and art. I noticed while listening to Lime and Violet that while they raved over yarns that the word “cheap” came up again and again. This is in no way a criticism against [...]
The Lace Knitters Prayer
Now I lay me down to rest– a pile of lace upon my chest. Should I die before I wake– that’s one less yo, k2tog I’ll get to make. Amen.
